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Update: Arrested ex-spy boss threatens to topple Botswana government
18 January, 2019
High-profile arrest comes against the backdrop of a struggle between the president and his predecessor.
Update: Chinese rail supplier returns R618m to Transnet
17 January, 2019
International locomotive manufacturers and consulting companies in rail utility’s sights.
eSwatini’s NamBoard chief executive has a ‘conflicted’ business interest in the maize meal industry
10 January, 2019
The chief executive of eSwatini’s National Agricultural Marketing Board, which controls the importation of maize and maize meal into eSwatini (formerly Swaziland), has a stake in a maize business, an amaBhungane investigation has revealed.
Update: Moz ex-finance minister denied bail
Manuel Chang has been implicated in an international corruption scandal and was arrested by SAPS last month.
The banker bro’s who bankrupted Mozambique
8 January, 2019
In December, the US Department of Justice indicted three former Credit Suisse bankers for their role in bringing Mozambique’s economy to its knees.
Ayo execs blew whistle over Survé-linked conflicts of interest
8 December, 2018
A leaked letter makes damning allegations regarding the company's corporate governance issues, including "a lack of professionalism".
Jo’burg ANC leader scored millions from city contract
6 December, 2018
For more than a decade, financial services firm Regiments has managed billions on behalf of the City of Johannesburg.
Firm that won R1bn Jo’burg fleet contract paid Malema-EFF ‘slush-fund’
29 November, 2018
An amaBhungane investigation shows that before controversially winning a mega-deal from the city, a fleet firm made payments to a company whose account was used for the benefit of Julius Malema and his party.
Behind coal tug-of-war, more Gupta strings
23 November, 2018
An obscure Swiss company fights to buy the crown jewels of what remains of the family’s SA assets.
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